Tag: Paris
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The Oldest Footage – London and NY
I love these wonderful films, taking the early films of London and New York and mapping them, and in the London film actually showing what it’s like today. The films date from 1890 – 1920’s, missing is William Friese-Greene whose 4/5 fps film from 1889 is lost. And probably was a con anyway, his systems…
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No matter what colour you are still my brother
Amazing and timely rework of Timmy Thomas’s ‘Why Can’t We Live Together’ by Late Nite Tuff Guy which says all that needs to be currently said, really…No lukewarm bling or Fake babbling here (I actually was really offended by Drake taking such a transcendent tune that means so much to many including myself, and rapping…
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Save a Prayer for Number 1
There’s been a campaign to get Eagles of Death Metal’s Duran Duran cover to UK number 1 after the events of the Bataclan in Paris, and it looks like it will succeed. I’m not a big fan of EODM but I love ‘Save A Prayer’, I love that cover and love Duran even more –…
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Fat White Family Go Disco?
Not entirely, but not far off – new single from FWF ‘Whitest Boy On The Beach’ is a psych dance affair, sounds like the new album will be more of an electronic Kosmiche freaky groove-off than the first. Also the Throbbing Gristle quoting cover is amazing. And interestingly they were playing La Cigale in Paris…
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jour pluvieux mix
Sometimes I escape into music when things get bad and words don’t seem to be doing any justice. As was the case with the first rainy day mix years ago…and my podcast when I was doing that. Difference is it’s called ‘jour pluvieux’. I’ll admit my French is terrible, but if Google and other sites…
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On terrorism
There have been some frankly awful analyses of the attacks in Paris a week ago, and the fallout from them. Either from surprisingly from my side, the left and anarchists seemingly serving our masters by wanting to take freedom of speech away like desperate young Tankies also doing a very good impression of hand-wringing liberals,…